Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is great. I thank Mr. Walsh.
I want to make another small point. I received an email from the car rental sector. I know it was dealing with Applus. It was offered an overnight testing centre in Northpoint for an extra €44 on top of the NCT fee. It is making the points that the additional cost is unreasonable and that as the car rental sector is clearly based all over the country, one centre is not sufficient for its needs. It is going around with multiple credit cards trying to book in different ways. Is there not a better way? Everybody's car needs to be up to standard. I imagine the vast bulk of people using rental cars are neither familiar with Irish roads or with driving on the side of the road we drive on here. It is even more important that those cars are roadworthy and up to spec. It is not okay for anyone's car not to be roadworthy but it is even more important for people who are unfamiliar with the roads and perhaps with driving on the side of the road that we do in this country. I accept that some Irish people come home from abroad and rent a car for a week or two when they are here. What else, if anything, can be done for the car rental sector? It seems to be very frustrated.
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